Jewelry-Making Classes With Ken Fury in NYC
Join artist and expert jeweler Ken Fury for ongoing in-person jewelry-making classes designed for beginners, intermediate, and advanced students who want to build solid professional skills. This class focuses on creating jewelry using traditiona techniques that form the foundation of high-quality craftsmanship.
Through hands-on guidance, you will learn how to transform your ideas into finished pieces using wax carving, stone setting, and essential metalworking methods. Ken teaches step-by-step processes that you can continue practicing at home, and he provides personalized instruction to support each student’s growth at their own pace.
The classes will help you gain an understanding of how to shape and carve wax models, prepare pieces for casting, polishing, and setting stones using both intuitive and traditional techniques. You’ll gain confidence working with copper, silver, gold, and basic jeweler’s tools while building the skills needed to design and create your own original jewelry.
Whether you’re exploring jewelry-making for the first time or looking to advance your technique, this class provides a strong foundation, professional instruction, and an inspiring creative experience. Many of Ken’s past students have gone on to launch their own successful jewelry lines after building their skills in his classes.
Class Details:
Schedule: Thursdays, 6–9 pm (Ongoing Enrollment)
Limited Space: 3 –10 people
Price: $110 per class
Class Packs:
• 4-Class Pack: $420 (save $20)
• 8-Class Pack: $800 (save $80)
• Custom class packs are also available
Location:
Elements – Hosted by QCA (Queens Council on the Arts)
5-11 47th Ave
Long Island City, NY 11101
Registration: To enroll, please submit the form below, email info@kenfurystore.com, or call 646-450-1138.
After enrolling, click here to go to the payment page.
Tools and materials are included for the first class. Students will receive a supply list for their ongoing sessions.
Cancellations: You may cancel or reschedule up to 24 hours before the class. Cancellations within 24 hours or no-shows are non-refundable, as materials and space are prepared in advance.
INSTRUCTOR BIO
Ken Fury is an interdisciplinary artist and expert jeweler with 20 years of experience. His work spans jewelry, painting, music, dance, and photography, drawing from his Nuevomexicano and Indigenous Genízaro heritage from southern Colorado and New Mexico. Ken’s artwork and jewelry have been featured in galleries, museums, and publications, and are recognized for their organic forms, symbolic storytelling, and expressive craftsmanship.
Ken began making jewelry as a self-taught artist in 2006 and later completed formal training at Studio Jewelers Ltd. in Manhattan in 2009. He has taught students around the world in multiple artistic disciplines, including jewelry-making, painting, dance, and entrepreneurial development. Ken has taught at universities such as NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in the Experimental Theatre Wing and the Seoul Institute of the Arts, as well as in public schools, art centers, and private studios, including Benlolo Jewelry Studio in New York, helping students of all levels build strong foundations and develop their own artistic voice. As a cultural ambassador with the U.S. Department of State’s Next Level and American Voices programs, he has traveled internationally to teach, perform, and share the cultural roots of his work.
Ken brings this breadth of experience, cultural depth, and hands-on skill to every class, creating an inspiring and supportive environment for creative growth.
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Ken was my first teacher for my very first jewelry class. I thought I was signing up to learn a fun new hobby, but Ken’s knack for teaching and his own enthusiasm around the craft ignited a desire in me for something much larger.
Two years later, I am working professionally in the fine jewelry space, and I owe so much of my career trajectory to Ken. Most of what I do now is on the design side of things, but I wouldn’t be able to design at all without the techniques I learned from Ken.
The metalsmithing and traditional bench jeweler techniques I learned from Ken completely informs my design process, so that I am making pieces that are not only beautiful, but also structurally sound and built to last. The wax carving techniques I learned are the foundations my current CAD designs are built upon. Everything I learned in Ken’s class has been imperative to my success as a jeweler, and I am so grateful I ended up at that bench, with Ken as my teacher!
— Christine B.
Owner / Designer, Elvie Fine
www.elviefine.com
Taking jewelry classes with Ken was incredibly formative to explore jewelry making as both a hobby and side hustle. My favorite thing about working with Ken is that he gave me personalized feedback for each one of my projects and knew when to challenge my skills further. Thanks to Ken, I've been able to make beautiful pieces for myself and my loved ones!
— Jamie O.
New York City
I took 2 full sessions with Ken and I really enjoyed my time. In addition to the fundamentals, Ken enables you to build your vision and gives you the skills to help bring that to life. Even post the sessions, I have enjoyed making jewelry on my own now as a continuous hobby and I feel equipped to do so.
— Juhee T.
New York City
Ken was an incredible instructor! He's super patient, provides clear explanations, and is the perfect balance between being hands on and hands off. His classes helped me become more detail-oriented and better understand the intricacies of a well-crafted piece of jewelry. Ken is fun to work with and someone who is incredibly knowledgeable about his craft. I couldn't recommend taking a class with him more!
Amyra A.
New York City
Ken Fury is a phenomenal artist and teacher. It’s not often that you find artists at the top of a very competitive field who are also thoughtful, caring, and effective teachers. Ken has that rare combination of qualities. I saw this firsthand when I had the pleasure of observing a workshop he led in Zimbabwe in 2015, and his skills as a teacher have only deepened since then. I would not hesitate to recommend him to teach courses or lead workshops to young people or adults in any number of settings.
— Mark Katz
Ph.D.Founding Director of Next Level, John P. Barker Distinguished Professor of Music University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill